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Watts, May Theilgaard

Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves, page 4

Identifier
3.19466
Format
India ink on 4-ply cream board.
Printed text.
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
36.8 cm W x 55 cm H (Item)
29.4 cm W x 46.1 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
July 1944
Description
Sheet 4 of 4. Glossary of botanical terms and illustrations used for describing leaves, created to accompany "Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information.  Illustrations depict various over-lapping leaf silhouettes in a column on the left. Glossary of terms in 2 sections describe the leaves in a column on the right. Descriptive text adhered to the board includes details of leaf margins and veins, and an unillustrated section about leaf surface types and characteristics.

Section 1: A LEAF MARGIN IS CALLED:

Leaf margins depicted from top to bottom, left to right:
  • LOBED
  • UNDULATE (repand)
  • SINUATE
  • CRENATE
  • CRENULATE
  • DENTATE
  • DENTICULATE
  • SERRATE
  • SERRULATE
  • DOUBLY-SERRATE
  • ENTIRE
  • REVOLUTE
Section 2: THE VEINING OF A LEAF IS CALLED:

Leaf veins depicted from top to bottom, left to right:
  • PARALLEL
  • PINNATE
  • PALMATE
  • DICHOTOMOUS
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin Of Popular Information, Vol. 19, no. 7, p. 28.
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Leaves--Anatomy
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Related Objects
Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves, page 1
Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves, page 2
Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves, page 3
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English